Hamilton Smith Hawkins (November 13, 1834 – March 27, 1910) was a United States Army Major General during the Spanish–American War.

[1] Hawkins was Commandant of the United States Infantry and Cavalry School, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas between October 1894 and April 1898.

[1] On May 4, 1898, Hawkins was appointed brigadier general in the volunteer army and was in command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps stationed in Tampa, Florida when the Spanish–American War began.

[3][5] His son, Hamilton S. Hawkins III, was an 1894 West Point graduate who commanded the 1st Cavalry Division from 1934 to 1936.

[6][7] His grandson, Hamilton Smith Hawkins IV, was a member of the Military Academy Class of 1926 who received his diploma posthumously after dying in a polo match one month before graduation.